Although this version of Dungeon Master is intended for harddisk use, it can
still be booted from floppy disk. To make such a disk you need only copy the
contents of this archive to a floppy disk. In fact, only the contents of the
folders AUTO and DM_GAME will be used, so you may skip the other stuff.

Saved games will be stored in the folder DM_GAME, and they will be named
DMGAME.DAT, DMGAME2.DAT, DMGAME3.DAT, or DMGAME4.DAT (as chosen by you).
Each time you save a new file, any old file with the same name will be
renamed with extension .BAK, so be careful not to exceed storage space. 

This version of Dungeon Master will work on any floppy disks formatted to
be compatible to standard TOS, but single-sided DD disks will not have the
necessary storage space.  Double-sided DD disks will have enough for the
main files and a couple of saved games, but you should not use more than
two game slots as that could exceed the disk space. With HD-disks you can
use all four game slots, just as with harddisk, except for being slower...

NB: The above references to 'game slots' may seem odd to DM old-timers, as
    the older versions of DM did not allow more than one saved game, either
    in load commands or in save commands. This new version implements a new
    DM dialog, allowing the user to specify which out of 4 game files to be
    loaded or saved.  These files also have independently handled BAK files
    to avoid data loss, just like the original game files have.

WARNING:
In order to make DM work well on harddisk it was necessary to remove some
of the disk identification code, since that code caused refusal to use the
same medium for storage of saved games and of the program files.  For that
reason this version of DM will not ask for confirmation of operations in
the same way that the old version did.  When playing on floppy it is now
up to the user to make sure that he always inserts the correct disk when
the game asks for one.  Normally this is not a problem, as saved games are
stored on the program disk, but it can be a problem if you use extra disks
for more saved games.  The responsibility for using these properly is your
own, and if used incorrectly then it is likely that the game will bomb.
(eg: when it needs a DM program or data file which is not in the drive.)

For information on harddisk usage, read the other doc file HD_BOOT.TXT.
